United Kingdom vs Upper middle income: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female)
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) over time
- United Kingdom
- Upper middle income
How they compare
United Kingdom currently reports 17.74 years against 14.61 years in Upper middle income, a difference of 3.13 years.
That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.2 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 38 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.
United Kingdom ranks 18th and Upper middle income ranks 15th of 175 countries.
United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | United Kingdom | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12.68 years | 8.45 years | 4.23 years | United Kingdom |
| 1980s | 13.14 years | 9.05 years | 4.08 years | United Kingdom |
| 1990s | 14.78 years | 10 years | 4.78 years | United Kingdom |
| 2000s | 16.6 years | 11.83 years | 4.77 years | United Kingdom |
| 2010s | 17.31 years | 13.73 years | 3.58 years | United Kingdom |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, United Kingdom or Upper middle income?
- United Kingdom, at 17.74 years against 14.61 years in Upper middle income as of 2018.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between United Kingdom and Upper middle income?
- 3.13 years, with United Kingdom ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for United Kingdom and Upper middle income?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2018.
- How do United Kingdom and Upper middle income rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- United Kingdom ranks 18th and Upper middle income ranks 15th of 175 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.